SANDAG honors Bike
Coalition for leadership, dedication and commitment to alternative
transportation programs in San Diego
SANDAG recently announced the winners of its 2014
Diamond Awards, naming the San Diego County
Bicycle Coalition in the category of Program Excellence. The Bike
Coalition received the award based on programs and actions taken to
encourage commuter choices, effectiveness of said programs and outreach tactics
in the San Diego region.
Highlights of the Bicycle Coalition application
include:
- Hosting San Diego’s
first-ever open streets celebration, CicloSDias,
in August, 2013
- Hosting the sixth annual Bike the Bay, the only opportunity to
ride bicycles across the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge
- Coordinating Tour de Fat and
raising thousands of dollars for local bicycling nonprofits
- Offering bicycle parking at
more than twenty community events in 2013
- Hosting free public workshops
to give safety tips to anyone in San Diego bicycling on the road
- Creating the Regional Bike Walk
Alliance, a group supporting livable communities and streets in San Diego
County
- Partnering for a
record-setting Bike to Work Day in 2013
- Participated in City of San
Diego Bike Share Review Panel
- Visiting San Diego businesses
to present bicycle commuting benefits and resources
“It’s an honor to be recognized amongst some of the best
individuals and organizations in San Diego County promoting alternative
transportation methods,” says Executive Director of the Coalition, Andy
Hanshaw. “We’re grateful to have the Diamond Awards as a formal recognition of
all that these folks do on a daily basis to make San Diego a commuter-friendly
city.”
The Bicycle Coalition would also like to congratulate its
Board Member, Randy Van Vleck, for his involvement with the City Heights Community Development
Corporation to earn the Community Champion Diamond Award, as well as its
communications consultant, Mixte Communications, for winning Best New Program.
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